Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die

Chapter 687 The Yellow River bursts
The wounded soldier was right. Ma Su indeed failed to make it to the battlefield and didn't even have a sip of soup.

With the buff of the last stand and Guanqiu Jian's own cowardice, General Zhenbei Jiang Wei counterattacked and defeated the Wei army. After being chased for a hundred miles, the Han army turned around and pursued the Wei army.

I'll chase you, I'll catch up with you...

The Wei army was already exhausted and their fighting spirit was gradually waning. When faced with the sudden buff of the Han army, they were immediately overwhelmed.

Fortunately, Guanqiu Jian was also a famous general, and he stabilized the situation in time. After being defeated by the Han army and retreating more than ten miles, he regrouped some of his troops.

If he fought and retreated at this time, theoretically there would still be a chance to save the situation. After all, Jiang Wei had not learned all the tactics of Ma Su, so it was difficult for him to completely defeat the Wei army in one battle.

However, at this critical moment, smoke and dust suddenly rose from the west of the Wei army! From the direction of the horizon, a large number of cavalry came at lightning speed!

The leader was none other than General Shu Ji, the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition General who had been Jiang Wei's partner for many years!

Shu Ji was originally stationed in Puyang, leading the reserve troops to support both ends. After Jiang Wei faced the counterattack of the main force of the Wei army, he immediately concluded that this partner would not defend honestly and would definitely try to counterattack.

So he threw Zhuge Liang's plans aside without hesitation, abandoned his baggage, and personally led 5,000 cavalrymen to rush to help.

Therefore, after galloping all the way and struggling to enter Qingzhou along the narrow path of the Yellow River, the 5,000 cavalry finally arrived at the battlefield at this critical moment. The appearance of the Han cavalry also sounded the final death knell for Guanqiu Jian!

In just one round, the already low morale of the Wei army was overwhelmed by the Han light cavalry. A large number of soldiers died directly under the hooves of the Han cavalry, and many were trampled into pieces.

As a veteran cavalry commander, Shu Ji was extremely good at cavalry charging. While penetrating the Wei army formation, he also continuously divided his troops to diagonally attack both sides of the formation, tearing the Wei army formation apart layer by layer like peeling skin.

When the battle reached this point, Guanqiu Jian knew that everything was over. So he used his old tricks again, abandoning all his troops and fleeing north with only a few people.

This scene was so familiar. The last time he did this, he was facing Ma Su himself. But now, Ma Su didn't even show up, and only two of his cronies beat him up like this...

Was it the Han army that had become stronger, or the Wei army that had become weaker? Guanqiu Jian no longer had time to think about this. At this moment, he just wanted to escape back to Hebei as soon as possible.

As soon as he left, the remaining Wei army collapsed completely. In just half an hour, the Han army completely wiped out a total of 40,000 Wei troops before Ma Su arrived at the battlefield, raising their record to Ma Su's level.

As for Ma Su himself... when he arrived at the battlefield, there was no one left standing to resist. There were Han soldiers cleaning up the battlefield everywhere, and they didn't even give him any soup.

"Is it too late for me to turn around and rush to Huainan now?" Ma Su said with a look of despair, his face looking very ugly.

He even fled despite the prime minister's warning. Wasn't he just out to fight a battle? I ran all the way here, and you tell me the battle is over?
Then I go?
However, this was not the end. Before Ma Su could lament his bad luck, he was discovered by Shu Ji and Jiang Wei. The two younger brothers were overjoyed to see Ma Su, who was supposed to be recuperating, appear here, and they came to report the victory.

"General, you have come all the way from Xu County to lead us to the Northern Expedition in Hebei?" Jiang Wei happily ran to Ma Su, saluted respectfully and asked.

"The main force of the Wei army here has been defeated by Shu Ji and I, and the pseudo-Wei's troops have suffered heavy losses! Now we just need to take advantage of the situation and attack Hebei, and the entire Jizhou will surrender!"

"When the time comes, the general only needs to sit in the army, and the great achievement of destroying Wei will be accomplished!" Shu Ji also nodded, and spared no effort to help Ma Su finish off the enemy.

These few words of good news turned into a sharp knife, piercing Ma Su's fragile heart. Damn, it would be better to live in Xu County and retire honestly, at least it would not be a waste of effort... No, it is not a waste of effort, at least Zhuge Liang will give him a good beating afterwards.

Congratulations...

"Is there any war in Qingzhou now? In other words, are there still Wei troops south of the Yellow River?" Ma Su couldn't help but ask with his last hope.

"Absolutely not! General! Believe in our ability! Jiang Wei patted his chest and promised."

"Okay, then you guys continue fighting, I'll go to Huainan to take a look." Ma Su waved his hand and said helplessly.

In fact, he should have known that it was a wrong decision to go north first. The entire Yellow River defense line was basically composed of his confidants, and these generals who were used to charging into battle with him were obviously impossible to follow Zhuge Liang's safe tactics.

He should have gone to the south. At least after being beaten, he would still have a little chance to go to the battlefield, right?
However, just when Ma Su was extremely disappointed and was about to turn around and run to Huainan, something went wrong suddenly.

Without any warning, the ground suddenly began to tremble. Not only Ma Su noticed something was wrong, but even Shu Ji noticed something was wrong.

"Wait, this is... No, this level of trembling definitely cannot be caused by the cavalry." Shu Ji noticed it and suddenly spoke.

Even with his five thousand cavalrymen moving, the ground would not have shaken to this extent.

Ma Su frowned, and after a moment of contemplation, his movements froze. Then his face turned extremely pale, and he suddenly shouted,
"No! Run!"

Ma Su had only experienced this level of ground shaking once, when the Seven Armies were flooded in Runan...

That is to say...

"Run!" Ma Su immediately mounted his horse and yelled at everyone.

"Run, soldiers! The Wei thieves have dug up the Yellow River!"

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned. After they came to their senses, everyone dropped what they were holding and joined the escape.

"Hurry up! Tell everyone to stop cleaning up the battlefield and run west!"

However, it was obviously too late, because the Yellow River water had already appeared in sight! Many soldiers were caught off guard and were directly knocked to the ground by the muddy water, and then swept away!

"Hurry up! Run to the high ground to the west!" Ma Su roared and instructed the panicked Han soldiers. While commanding the soldiers, Ma Su looked back and suddenly froze.

It seemed as if in the blink of an eye, a large area of ​​land on the south bank of the Yellow River had turned into a swamp...

(End of this chapter)